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Wow, nice Quota filling.

posted 13 years ago by GlennFrogg
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Sure made the immersion better with the obvious PC history rewriting.

do you actually have any examples or did you just want to whine about something?

[–] GlennFrogg 13 years ago

Providing examples would get my post deleted. Lyndon Johnson just became presiden, this should be more than enough information for you to find out on your own.

[–] Duncan_Idaho02 13 years ago

oh, so you are talking about the fact that they had african americans/black kids in the school. It was out of place, yes. but I would not go so far as calling it "quota filling." Just not historically correct. I would not think your post would be deleted as it is part of the history of this country. segregation had not yet occured so it was odd to see people of african decent in the classroom with caucasians.

However, this movie was not so much about being historically correct as it was about teaching tolerance. You might even say they purposely put some kids of african decent in there to make a point.

[–] blaircam 12 years ago

It didn't phase me seeing black kids around the school - but the black kid who was the cootie expert - that stretched credulity a bit.

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[–] tyshimah3 8 years ago

why?

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[–] scoey 10 years ago

From the colors of the license plates and the lack of any southern accents on the performers, I'd have to say this was set in California, which definitely did not have segregated schools in the 1960s.

Were you born in the 20th or 21st century?

LBJ passed the Civil Rights law to end segregation in the SOUTH...which is the only place the Jim Crowe laws existed.

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